April 21, 2008

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April 21, 2008 • Volume 30, No. 14

Fordham Breaks Record, Honors Excellence at
Founder’s Award Dinner

If money talks, then $2.4 million has a lot to say.

That was the record-breaking sum raised for the Fordham Founder’s Presidential Scholarship Fund by alumni and friends who celebrated the University’s tradition and excellence at its annual gala.

The seventh annual Founder’s Award Dinner on March 31 brought more than 1,000 supporters to the glitz and glamour of the Grand Ballroom at the Waldorf=Astoria.

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Fordham Students Receive
Prestigious International Prizes

Six current and former Fordham students have won some of the world’s most competitive international prizes.

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GSAS Shines Light on
Jesuit Pedagogy

Fordham is taking its identity as the Jesuit University of New York seriously.

A new pilot seminar within the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) has brought faculty together with graduate-level student teachers to study the centuries-old tradition of Jesuit education and how it can be applied to today’s classrooms.

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Fordham Education Scholars Receive
$890K Grant to Improve Independent Study

U.S. Health Care System Can Learn from Europe,
Experts Say

Medieval Studies Conference Revisits the Crusades

Physicist Shares Research and Dreams at A&S Reunion

Catholic Writers Discuss Hope at Religion and
Culture Forum

Nobel Prize-Winning Economist
Discusses Economic Booms and Busts

Filmmaker Addresses Child Abuse at Social Work Conference

Sapientia et Doctrina: ROTC at Fordham: A Look Back

Anthropology Professor Reveals Hidden Meanings
in Human Behavior

Entomologist Studies the Evolution of Helpful Bacteria
in Insects

On God and Evil: Philosopher-Priest Revisits an
Age-Old Question

Inside Fordham Staff and Submission Deadlines

WFUV to Fete Music
and Media Legends at
Spring Gala

Hot on the heels of its 60th anniversary reunion in October, WFUV will throw its first Spring Gala on Tuesday, April 29 at Sotheby’s auction house.

Grammy Award-winning singer and musician Emmylou Harris, CBS journalist Charles Osgood (FCRH ’54) and Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully (FCRH ’49) will be honored for their achievements. Harris, a longtime favorite of WFUV listeners, will perform at the event.

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